A call to arms

[sierra_bound]

Guys, we dropped below 10 million in daily team production twice this week. Last time that happened was a year ago when we had fewer members. Less than 16% of team members returned results today. We can do better than that. I realize these are the summer months when many of you are on vacation, or just relaxing. But always remember that this is Xtreme Systems. If you're concerned about your power bill, you can always crunch at 40-50% load. That shouldn't hurt you too much financially.

The next big goal is catching Easynews in WCG points. We are closing the gap on a daily basis. But at our current rate of production, it may be another year before we catch them. I'm an impatient person:) and would like to see that happen sooner than later. Some of you are already giving it everything you got and I appreciate that. But for those of you who've stop crunching, consider this. A hundred people each contributing just 500 points/day gives us an extra 50,000 team points each day and an extra 1.5 million points a month.

Thanks for reading.

[retro77]

I've got two Arima 4 socket [16 total core] Ubuntu servers that are dedicated crunchers that I don't want to run right now due to no A/C where I live. If someone can put them to use, PM me and we can work out the details.

[masterg]

today was actually my best day ever with like 25k points O_o

[Sparky]

I had my arima shut down because of the heat wave. It was getting too hot and I could practically see the $$$ disappearing as the AC worked overtime to battle the heat outside and the load from the system :(

[Otis11]

I'm down currently b.c I didn't bring all my equipment to Cali this summer when I moved. Parsed it out among friends and they only run it sporadically...

I was planning on being out of production for another month, but honestly I can be up within 2 weeks.

Make super computing week the first week of December and I promise I'll make it up to you. :rofl:

[Rob_B]

I have upped the OC on my SB an other 200 MHz. That is good for almost 2000 PPD. I still think I need a better board for the SB.

[trn]

I credit most of the lost points to our team motivational speaker being absent... :(

[DAK1640]

I credit most of the lost points to our team motivational speaker being absent... :(

It's about time you sent a wake up call sierra_bound. I thought you might have gotten banned.:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[jcool]

Naw, don't blame it on Dave - I blame Intel and AMD for not releasing cool new tech yet. I will be shopping for new crunchers when Bulldozer & LGA2011 are finally out.

[sierra_bound]

We can also have another hardware giveaway. That seems to get people motivated. The giveaway would be open only to active crunchers, meaning team members crunching on a daily basis.

Below is the current WCG team totals. As you can see, we are not that far behind Easynews.

[stoneageman]

The current level of crunching apathy is worrying. Diseases don't take a break in the summer! :shakes:

[soya_crack]

Blame Bitcoin!
I persononally left for F@H because WCG is - seen technologywise - really outdated. No mutlicore support, no GPU...

[jcool]

Naw, bitcoin doesn't need CPUs - way too slow... In fact, Bitcoin will pay for my Dual LGA2011 cruncher.

[shoota]

I'll be back up shortly. The summer months are just too hot right now. Next week I will be turning on the 950 and there might be another Arima back up shortly *cough *cough* :)

[Evantaur]

thunderstorm messed up my internet connection (on ISP's end), and my second rig had "computation errors"
back online now :)

also waiting for my electricity bill to see if i can afford to run one more rig 24/7

[trn]

Also it seems like XS in general has been a little slow recently; and yeah im sure some fresh technology would help give us a bost. XS jumps all over new tech while I would expect other teams to upgrade slower.

[CaptMorgan]

I admit to a complete shut down- I will get back up and running soon :up:

[STEvil]

2600K coming onto the grid if I get to it tonight..

[SMTB1963]

Guys, we dropped below 10 million in daily team production twice this week. Last time that happened was a year ago when we had fewer members. Less than 16% of team members returned results today. We can do better than that. I realize these are the summer months when many of you are on vacation, or just relaxing. But always remember that this is Xtreme Systems. If you're concerned about your power bill, you can always crunch at 40-50% load. That shouldn't hurt you too much financially.

The next big goal is catching Easynews in WCG points. We are closing the gap on a daily basis. But at our current rate of production, it may be another year before we catch them. I'm an impatient person:) and would like to see that happen sooner than later. Some of you are already giving it everything you got and I appreciate that. But for those of you who've stop crunching, consider this. A hundred people each contributing just 500 points/day gives us an extra 50,000 team points each day and an extra 1.5 million points a month.

Thanks for reading.

Thanks for this post SB. Couldn't be more timely in my case...just the kick in the pants I've needed to start crunching 24/7/365 instead of sporadically like I've done in the past.

My Father's Day gift this year from the boss was "you can set up some more of your cancer computers in the garage". Bless her heart, she lifted the 3 computer limit! (yeah, I'm whipped) So I've been planning to get some 24/7/365 WCG machines going in there, and I started with a single 2600K system about a month ago. Even though it's hotter than the hobs of Hell around here, that thang's been running at under 55C (with ambient around 35C). So I stuck the media room pc out there as well:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/5970451614_e40cb5672b_z.jpg

Shut everything down before going to northern NM last week, but I'll be at Micro Center today to get another 2600K. If all goes well I'll have 3 machines in the garage going full blast 24/7 by the end of the day, augmented by our "interior" computers once things cool off a bit. Wife likes to keep the thermostat at 75, and the AC struggles with that these days. Frick, it's gonna be 105 here today, and we're not even in August yet...

http://www.bullheadcityblog.com/images/fried-egg.jpg


I credit most of the lost points to our team motivational speaker being absent... :(

Where the heck is our "benign dictator"? Is it that he doesn't like the new forum format?!? :ROTF:

________________________________________

EDIT: 2nd 2600K up & running:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5971086029_2218479d48_z.jpg

:)

[jspace]

Yep, I've had to cut back due to heat. One machine clogged with dust and shut down. Now it doesn't hold the same OC (Think it's the mobo). The other one needs some rejiggering before I get it back up. Also had to stop any GPUs. No AC, extreme humidity, and 90F+ days make me unhappy (mostly from lack of sleep).
Plus I've had other distractions, and I'm waiting for an upgrade. Bulldozer can't come soon enough!

[STEvil]

dryer hose and a fan in one end works wonders for directing heat out of a room from a rig! :D

[lkiller123]

The heat is getting crazy everywhere, I will definitely start again in a few days. :)

[nn_step]

Unfortunately my current work project is eating far more clock cycles than I would want, I lost my main rig to a power-supply that died and thus my numbers are practically in the toilet. The only project that is currently performing happily is the SSD test that I started a while back.

Thus a single phenom and an Intel Atom are all that I can continue to dedicate to WCG.

BTW If anyone needs a monitor to set up a cruncher, I have one spare [After my main rig caught flames via power-supply suicide]. Just send me a PM.

[richierich]

Was able to finally setup all 3 of my rigs for BOINC yesterday. Hopefully that will help a tiny bit.

[Sparky]

I've been turning my Arima on overnight now, and shutting it off during the hottest part of the day. I figure a few hours each night is better than nothing!

[INFRNL]

I am going full force with what I have, but WCG has been a pain in my but with daily #'s. I also need to figure out why my SB has recently lost production.
I have been working out of town lately; so no time at home. I need to get my H2o going so I can get better cooling on the 2600K; I should be able to get it up to 4600 at least from 4k which should help a little. I was going to build another SR-2, but might not be a good idea right now with the newer chips coming soon. Also money is really tight right now.

Its been hot as hell everywhere; but thats not stopping me.

[sierra_bound]

Thanks for everyone's help. Our team is the best!

[FaYt]

Ok ok i'll put on my main machine and will lett it run 24/7 that should help a little :)

[Otis11]

2600K @ 4800 Mhz back up 24/7/365 (out for this weekend to move home, then on till it's replaced)

[[XC] flat-four]

Had to clock my i7 920 way back after my pump died. I hate using the stock cooler, as I'm down 1000 mhz due to heat. My new apartment I move into in a few month includes electricity, so I'll be trying to save up some money to put together a new cruncher then.

[FaYt]

Th enumbers are running above 10 million a day :up:

[disturbed13]

Make super computing week the first week of December and I promise I'll make it up to you. :rofl:

i completely agree with this
i still need to finish my sammy rigs


I'll be back up shortly. The summer months are just too hot right now. Next week I will be turning on the 950 and there might be another Arima back up shortly *cough *cough* :)

and i have my linux 775 socket box crunching 24/7/365 now
with the exception of the occasional power outage from a blown transformer/fuse on the power poles due to the load the AC is putting on the grid
hopefully
ill upgrade my pc to a 1155 i7 2600K soon

[Plan.B]

I was out (of everything) for awhile, but I am back with a new i5 to add to my i7 and Q8200.

[Kingcarcas]

I'm at 25%, i've installed some radiant barrier in the attic to cool off the house, after we get some wind turbines up there i'll see about ramping up.

[Snow Crash]

Please forgive me, I've be whoring around a bit :bananal:

I promise WCG will be my one and only :yepp:
(for now) :rofl:

... running my i7-920@ 3.2 due to heat and ac bill

[deac]

Hmmm, I might be one of the slower upgraders too. Waited for bulldozer but lost my temper to delays and now 2600k is up and running at last. Hopefully reach ~4500mhz.

[Panther_Seraphi]

I am in complete shutdown as I am at home and do not pay the bill. I live with two people who have retired (long story) so I dont think its fair to have them pay for my bills.

In september/october I will be able to run 25-50% as i will be moving into a shared house with a few people.

[Duh]

I've been turning my Arima on overnight now, and shutting it off during the hottest part of the day. I figure a few hours each night is better than nothing!

you betcha

[sierra_bound]

We have just passed 12 billion WCG team points.:up: We now trail Easynews by around 423 million. Although that looks like a big gap, we are getting closer to them each day that passes.

[nn_step]

We have just passed 12 billion WCG team points.:up: We now trail Easynews by around 423 million. Although that looks like a big gap, we are getting closer to them each day that passes.

Their defeat is inevitable, we need only to not let up.

[DimmuKlokSC2]

We have just passed 12 billion WCG team points.:up: We now trail Easynews by around 423 million. Although that looks like a big gap, we are getting closer to them each day that passes.

Awesome job everyone! Keep up the good work. :up:

[Evantaur]

got my old Phenom 9850 online, it's loud,slow and ugly but should help a little... :shrug:

[sierra_bound]

Thanks again for all the additional help.

:toast:

[SMTB1963]

After answering the call, I'm gonna have to back off a bit. ERCOT (TX grid operator) is calling for conservation during peak hours in order to reduce the risk of rolling blackouts. The whole damn state is getting burnt to a crisp with no relief in sight.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/6003588368_24fd7d9524_b.jpg

:(

[Sparky]

Texas rocks.

... except in the summer.

[retro77]

Ugh, that looks hot.

118601

[SMTB1963]

dammit retro, are those ^^ the temps where you're at?!? SoCal b4st4rds! :D

leaving for Houston today where it's supposed to be 10 degrees cooler than DFW - at a chilly 100! :ROTF:

[retro77]

Ya, man it sucks real bad over here...haha!

I would steer clear of Texas this year, it looks hot out there! Chilly 100*, no thank you!

[FaYt]

nice temps... its about (had to calculate it we use celcius over here) 65 F over here and raining evry now and then :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing awfull summer :( holland rules but the summers suck

[Otis11]

nice temps... its about (had to calculate it we use celcius over here) 65 F over here and raining evry now and then :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing awfull summer :( holland rules but the summers suck

65F and rainy is bad weather? What's it normally?!?

[bluestang]

I've only been running my new Sandy for 1 week at 3800MHz to burn it in.

I'll be cranking it up to 4500MHz this weekend, that should be good fo another 6000 WCG/day :)

[masterg]

i could be out of the race for up to a week. one of my Blacks in my main rig failed/isfailing and pc is having hard time running at all and i have a new drive on order.

am upset that a cavier black failed on me :(


now my 24/7 has to deal with all my gaming and internetz and i know thats not good for it.

[Rob_B]

My SB cruncher/server is acting up. Had a few BSOD's and lockups. And no time at the moment to really check every thing. I added som ram not to long ago So I checked that and it looks alright. But to be save I took it out. Still the same problem. Some times it runs for 2 days some times a week. It is now running on stock setting:eek: just to see if that helps.

[lkiller123]

Just got another rig as HTPC with the Athlon II X4. Planning to run it at stock volts, wonder how high it would go. :)

[David_L6]

I'm still here and still crunching - somewhat. Turned off an old P4 Northwood and backed off the overclock on my Q6700s. Electric bill is eating me alive! 38 days over 100° as of today. Highest was 109°. Add in our humidity down here and it's BRUTAL! Heat index has been running 105° - 120°!

I'll crank back up in the fall / winter.

[stoneageman]

38 days over 100° as of today. Highest was 109°. Add in our humidity down here and it's BRUTAL! Heat index has been running 105° - 120°!

I'll crank back up in the fall / winter.

Damn, that sounds like Hell. Anyone who crunches in that heat should get a medal:up:

[Sparky]

The heat broke here. Supposed to be upper 70s/low 80s the next several days :up:

[Otis11]

Damn, that sounds like Hell. Anyone who crunches in that heat should get a medal:up:

Well start passin 'em out... cuz we got a number of crunchers in Texas and Louisiana that have been 100+ for almost a month now depending on exactly where...

The swimmin pool is even 96F... Not very refreshing. :shakes:

[bluestang]

The heat broke here. Supposed to be upper 70s/low 80s the next several days :up:

I know, it's going to feel great!

[lkiller123]

Heat finally stopped here too! Lucky for me since the A/C was broken for the past two weeks.

Will fire them up ASAP. Can't wait to see how the Athlon X4 will do.

[FaYt]

ROB you know what BSOD.. maybe i can help out?

[Rob_B]

I wrote one down when it first happened, but don't have that anymore. And the last ones were lockups, no BSOD's. If it happens again I will post it here.

[Evantaur]

I wrote one down when it first happened, but don't have that anymore. And the last ones were lockups, no BSOD's. If it happens again I will post it here.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

that should be able to dig it out

[nn_step]

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

that should be able to dig it out

oh how cute, people still think the blue screen of death messages actually are useful :D
The blue screen of death program, has not been updated in years and the only always accurate information on it is the error number; which is only the actually cause of the BSoD about one time out of ten. Without enabling replay, there is no way to pinpoint the cause of your BSoD on your Windows computer. (I've seen a 3 year old clock glitch be the cause of a BSoD, which isn't what it actually reported)

[Sparky]

On the other hand, I've also had it quite obviously point out the cause as well.

Hey it might not be perfect, but it is a place to start.

[FaYt]

yeah usually a BSOD points in a direction where to start but indeed sometimes.... it cant be explained

[Evantaur]

not a good week for me

windows update decides to reboot my main rig and gets stuck to bios password for ~6 hours
then power outage causing me ~4hour downtime

and now this



c4cw_ target04_ 084186184_ 0-- frankenstein Error 10.8.2011 09:41:27 11.8.2011 00:54:30 0.00 0.0 / 0.0
c4cw_ target04_ 084181339_ 0-- frankenstein Error 10.8.2011 09:40:59 11.8.2011 00:54:30 0.00 0.0 / 0.0
faah23868_ ZINC19892298_ xFIV6s98S_ DRVa_ 02_ 0-- frankenstein Error 10.8.2011 09:40:46 11.8.2011 00:54:30 0.04 0.5 / 0.0
X0000121871482201007150936_ 0-- frankenstein Valid 10.8.2011 09:20:22 11.8.2011 02:06:10 1.56 21.1 / 27.5
X0000121861345201007211140_ 0-- frankenstein Inconclusive 10.8.2011 08:32:57 11.8.2011 01:26:10 1.73 23.4 / 0.0
X0000121860341201007140917_ 1-- frankenstein Inconclusive 10.8.2011 08:08:34 11.8.2011 00:54:30 1.51 20.4 / 0.0
X0000121860370201007140917_ 0-- frankenstein Invalid 10.8.2011 08:08:34 10.8.2011 13:18:04 1.35 18.1 / 9.7


:shakes:

[stoneageman]

Horror of horrors:eek:

[David_L6]

Damn, that sounds like Hell. Anyone who crunches in that heat should get a medal:up:

We got a break yesterday. It only got to 99°. It's already 101° today though....

All time record for days over 100° is 47. Today is #40.

[Bun-Bun]

Due to summer heat (a/c running full time plus two dehumidfiers) I can not physically running my machines without tripping the breaker when the sump pump goes. Sad I know. I am also in the process of transfering hardware around and find highest stable 24/7 clocks for my Q9650 and 2600K. Once that is complete and the summer heat fades I will bring those two back online full time crunching.

My office computer is still running 24/7.

[Kingcarcas]

Would be nice if BOINC let you throttle up at night and throttle down at night in the manager.....

[Evantaur]

Would be nice if BOINC let you throttle up at night and throttle down at night in the manager.....
*giggle* :lol2:

you could do this in linux with CPUlimit and some shellscript

on windows you could try if some of those addons do the trick for you
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/addons.php

[sierra_bound]

Gap is now less than 400 million. Although that sounds like a lot, it's getting smaller each day. Hopefully in another month or so, it will be less than 300 million.

[richierich]

Gap is now less than 400 million. Although that sounds like a lot, it's getting smaller each day. Hopefully in another month or so, it will be less than 300 million.

Awesome!

[Evantaur]

could someone please explain me what's causing this



Statistics Date Total Run Time Points Generated Results Returned

08/15/2011 0:007:05:57:54 23,754 44
08/14/2011 0:008:03:21:44 25,198 57
08/13/2011 0:010:07:48:37 34,948 71
08/12/2011 0:008:07:15:54 26,155 67
08/11/2011 0:008:18:58:19 28,874 72
08/10/2011 0:005:22:22:47 19,941 60
08/09/2011 0:012:00:37:21 45,074 93


results are all over the place :hm:

yesterday i generated 25,198 with 3 rigs, a month ago i generated 31,128 with 2
it makes no sense


07/31/2011 0:008:05:50:14 31,128 72

[FaYt]

i heard sometimes WCG doesn't process all the info at time so it would look like u did more points with less machines...

[sierra_bound]

The gap with EasyNews is gradually shrinking. Keep up the good work.

[Tom128]

I have one of my hex cores and my i3 back in there, hopefully I have time after work to get my other hex tweaked and back in, and then after that hopefully replace my single core with a quad in my file server.

[Embalmed]

I threw my hat in the ring, I've been reading up on things. I was a bit bummed, I wanted to build a performance cluster with a pallet of computers at work and then I noticed there was no support.

I'll see if I can break page 20.

[Fhqwhgads6680]

Bringing a few systems back online... I haven't been running my 2 i7's due to my AC sucking @$$ and my bills being nearly $350 in July...

[EtaCarinae]

Ok guys. Brought some planets back in the ring.

[trn]

Ok guys. Brought some planets back in the ring.

:) Ditto, home now and powered back up the farm

[Rob_B]

Still no extra cruncher here. But clocked the SB 500 MHz higher. :)

[stoneageman]

:) Ditto, home now and powered back up the farm
That's the cherry pie tasting done for the rest of us then:( Great news for the Team though :up:

[sierra_bound]

Thanks for the added effort this week, guys. The gap continues to get smaller.

[sierra_bound]

The gap is now less than 300 million. We've been closing the gap by about 3 million a day. There's still a chance we will overtake them before the end of the year.:)

[Sparky]

I so want to see that gap closed by the end of the year. Or Christmas, it would be a nice present :)

[Embalmed]

so I should replace my e6850 with something else then?

[Movieman]

I so want to see that gap closed by the end of the year. Or Christmas, it would be a nice present :)
Y think we'll overtake them by Christmas! Good things coming and we tend to upgrade faster than most

so I should replace my e6850 with something else then?
Q6600? X3350,X3360,X3370?

[Mydog]

Switcing all my crunchers now from F@H to WCG. Just added one 970 and my lappy, tomorrow I'll add at least 44 cores/threads @ 4,3GHz++
That should add about 200k+ wcg

[Otis11]

Switcing all my crunchers now from F@H to WCG. Just added one 970 and my lappy, tomorrow I'll add at least 44 cores/threads @ 4,3GHz++
That should add about 200k+ wcg

:clap:

Very nice...

[Otis11]

Switcing all my crunchers now from F@H to WCG. Just added one 970 and my lappy, tomorrow I'll add at least 44 cores/threads @ 4,3GHz++
That should add about 200k+ wcg

:clap:

Very nice...

[Embalmed]

Q6600? X3350,X3360,X3370?

nah, was thinking of something that came with a board as well.

[Mydog]

Any reason why I should run Linux/Ubuntu, using win7 64 bit now?

[Embalmed]

Any reason why I should run Linux/Ubuntu, using win7 64 bit now?

everything I have read so far, seems like the windows 64 bit client has the best deal going. I'd only switch to linux if you were building a farm, and were faced with the option of having to buy the OS for multiple pc's.

[Mydog]

everything I have read so far, seems like the windows 64 bit client has the best deal going. I'd only switch to linux if you were building a farm, and were faced with the option of having to buy the OS for multiple pc's.

Got all the win7 licenses I need, just wondered if Linux was better for points?

[m411b]

Well not much power to contribute. But I will try to do my part. I put 2 machines on yesterday. 1 X3220 and 1 T7600, that's only 6 threads but they should pull down a good 6-10 thousand a day. When I get my electric bill straightened out I'll be adding 4 more quad cores to the grid.

[Mydog]

This is what I got done to day guys.
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1270/5crunchers.jpg

Still two hexas on a SR-2 coming online and a couple of 2600K's :yepp:

[trn]

This is what I got done to day guys.

That will help :eek:

[Mydog]

That will help :eek:
I hope so, still it's only a 1/10 of your contribution. :p:

[Movieman]

This is what I got done to day guys.
Still two hexas on a SR-2 coming online and a couple of 2600K's :yepp:

And I only had to threaten him with one little bitty phone call!:rofl: j/k
Hopefully by next weekend I'll have 2 more machines up..
Will only be able to show one of them for a while yet...
<------------------------------------------------------------- cough-cough... :wasntme:

[OldChap]

You don't have to "show" it.....

You just have to tell us where it will sit in the chart that Stoneageman has going.

Or maybe just a redacted screenshot or two :cool:

[sierra_bound]

Getting closer. Almost time to start another "Easynews is going down" thread.:D

[Movieman]

Getting closer. Almost time to start another "Easynews is going down" thread.:D
I'll vote for that..
Remember way back in 2005 I told ya we'd get them?
If I remember they had 3 BILLION on us back then.
Never thought it would be easy but we have the bastages in our sights!:up:

There is NO team anywhere that can chase down a team like we can and I mean NO ONE!
Congrats guys.. Make sure you all get your shopping done for the BBQ.
What saddens me is I'd like to see DDTUNG here when we pass them.
There are others also that are missed. Shootstraight comes to mind.

[Vinas]

Ok, so I saw this thread late and it's not like I produce a lot (hell maybe a quarter of what movieman does on his bad days)... but I'm one stubborn bastard... Turning up a couple C2D boxes today which should put in a few thousand more PPD. Nothing major, but it's all adding up (ranked 147 and climbing)!

[sierra_bound]

Thanks :)

[Otis11]

It all adds up man.

I got my first million with 2 single cores... you're doing a heck of a lot better than I started. :up:

[masterg]

i just bought a c206 intel board gonna add an e3 1235 to that for this. there may be more surprises instore

[Sparky]

Well my main PC is finally back under water so maybe I'll get adventurous and attempt to push from 3.6 to 3.8+ I guess we'll see!

[Tom128]

10 more cores online as of tonight

I am going to buy a new box soon. Still want to see some WCG numbers for bulldozer, but probably building a sandy system.

[Vinas]

^^ there we go! I think the XS team is phenomenal and people were probably like myself -- not checking in all that often.

So from the changes last night here's the small difference so far:

Statistics Date Total Run Time
(y:d:h:m:s) Points Generated Results Returned
10/20/2011 0:009:08:41:21 39,880 122
10/19/2011 0:006:20:34:06 24,305 59
10/18/2011 0:007:07:38:54 23,125 47

Get ready Easynews! The cooler weather is here and we're commin to get cha!!!

[masterg]

i got my new board for my build but there are issues may take time to straighten things out